Carlo Hofer

Carlo Hofer

Postdoctoral Research Associate at QMUL on the Horizon Europe DEMETRA project. PhD in Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick (2026).

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Carlo Hofer

Quantitative political scientist. Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London.

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publications

Exposure structures and intergroup attitudes in the UK: Linking media infrastructure and residential environments to affective polarisation and immigration attitudes

PhD thesis, University of Warwick, 2026

PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Two empirical projects on the British Election Study Internet Panel: online information consumption and affective polarisation, and neighbourhood segregation and immigration attitudes.

Recommended citation: Hofer, O. C. (2026). Exposure structures and intergroup attitudes in the UK: Linking media infrastructure and residential environments to affective polarisation and immigration attitudes. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/202258/

Polarising Punchlines: The Influence of Inter-group Humour on Partisan Affective Polarisation, 2024 (data)

UK Data Service ReShare [Data Collection], 2026

Survey-experiment dataset on intergroup humour and partisan affective polarisation.

Recommended citation: Sleiman, Y., Grasso, M., Pattie, C., Serra, L., & Hofer, C. (2026). Polarising Punchlines: The Influence of Inter-group Humour on Partisan Affective Polarisation, 2024. [Data Collection]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858409 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858409

‘Ok Boomer’: The Influence of Humour on Intergenerational Hostility and Polarisation, 2024 (data)

UK Data Service ReShare [Data Collection], 2026

Survey-experiment dataset on humour and intergenerational hostility.

Recommended citation: Serra, L., Sleiman, Y., Hofer, C., Grasso, M., & Pattie, C. (2026). "Ok Boomer": The Influence of Humour on Intergenerational Hostility and Polarisation, 2024. [Data Collection]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858406 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858406

Breaking the Ice: The Impact of Humour on Climate Change Attitudes and Political Participation, 2024 (data)

UK Data Service ReShare [Data Collection], 2026

Survey-experiment dataset on humorous climate communication.

Recommended citation: Hofer, C., Serra, L., Sleiman, Y., Grasso, M., & Pattie, C. (2026). Breaking the Ice: The Impact of Humour on Climate Change Attitudes and Political Participation, 2024. [Data Collection]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858416 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858416

Beyond Pilots: Building Durable Governance Frameworks for Urban Food Systems

DEMETRA (Horizon Europe), Policy Brief No. 2, 2026

Five priority actions for turning temporary urban food initiatives into durable governance, based on 120 policymaker interviews across seven European cities.

Recommended citation: Hofer, C. (2026). Beyond Pilots: Building Durable Governance Frameworks for Urban Food Systems. DEMETRA Policy Brief No. 2. Horizon Europe DEMETRA project (Grant Agreement No. 101132286). https://www.qmul.ac.uk/demetra/media/demetra/outputs/DEMETRA-Policy-brief-No2.pdf

Citizens as Partners in Food System Transformation: Scaling Deliberative Democracy for Sustainable Food Systems

DEMETRA (Horizon Europe), Policy Brief No. 1, 2026

Six priority actions for embedding deliberative participatory processes in European food and sustainability policy.

Recommended citation: Hofer, C. (2026). Citizens as Partners in Food System Transformation: Scaling Deliberative Democracy for Sustainable Food Systems. DEMETRA Policy Brief No. 1. Horizon Europe DEMETRA project (Grant Agreement No. 101132286). https://www.qmul.ac.uk/demetra/media/demetra/outputs/DEMETRA-Policy-brief-No1.pdf

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teaching

Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis I (PO11Q)

Undergraduate seminars and computer classes, University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies, 2021

Sole tutor (under the module leader) for the first-year undergraduate quantitative methods module (BSc Politics) in 2021–22, leading all seminars and computer classes.

Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis II (PO12Q)

Undergraduate seminars and computer classes, University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies, 2022

Sole tutor (under the module leader) for the second-year undergraduate quantitative methods module (BSc Politics) in 2021–22, leading all seminars and computer classes.